Russia and the United States carried out a dramatic prisoner exchange on Wednesday, trading a Marine veteran jailed in Moscow for a convicted Russian drug trafficker serving a long prison sentence in America.
Despite Reed's release, other Americans remain jailed in Russia, including WNBA star Brittney Griner and Michigan corporate security executive Paul Whelan."The American plane pulled up next to the Russian plane and they walked both prisoners across at the same time, like you see in the movies," he said.
A lawyer for Yaroshenko, who last year sought a reduced prison sentence because of Yaroshenko's vulnerability to COVID-19, did not immediately return an email seeking comment Wednesday. The prisoner swap was the most prominent release during the Biden administration of an American deemed wrongly detained abroad and came even as families of detainees who have met over the last year with administration officials had described the officials as cool to the idea of an exchange.The parents of a Marine veteran imprisoned in Russia met with President Joe Biden and senior staffers at the White House in March 2022.
U.S. officials have described Whelan as unjustly detained, and Biden said Wednesday"we won't stop until Paul Whelan and others join Trevor in the loving arms of family and friends." First and foremost, we’d like to thank President Biden for his kindness, his consideration, and for making the decision to bring Trevor home. The President’s action may have saved Trevor’s life.
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